About SCHOSA

The Standing Conference of Heads of Schools of Architecture (SCHOSA) is an organisation to which every Head of every UK Recognised School of Architecture, of which there are currently 42, is a member. There are also a number of associate members of schools which are not fully recognised.

It is a unique organisation in that it provides a forum for debate and exchange of ideas between heads trying to achieve similar goals in different institutions. It meets formally three times each year, holds an annual conference each September and is now the only relevant and influential mouthpiece for architectural education. Its constitutional objectives are:

to promote the interests of architectural education

to promote the concerns of the Schools of Architecture and to this end liase , as an independent body, with other bodies which concern themselves with architectural education and have interests in cognate areas of work, seeking to influence positively and creatively the direction of changes needed in the future

to seek to influence the climate of opinion by arranging for the collation, collection and dissemination of information concerning architectural education and to publish either under its own aegis, or in collaboration with other bodies, scholarly material deriving from the activity of the Schools of Architecture

SCHOSA Council

SCHOSA Council is charged with the running of the organisation and acting to represent the members in liaison with other bodies. Council holds a series of meetings throughout the year, including regular liaison meetings with the RIBA and ARB.